Slide 1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) Presentation, National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)All slides have the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services logo and AHRQ logo: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Advancing Excellence in Health Care http://www.ahrq.govHealth care quality is suboptimal and continues to improve at a slow pace.Image: The cover of the 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report, with a collage of photos on the right of various people of different ages and racial and ethnic groups and a large stethoscope in the center.Caption: Released May 6, 2009. Contents Next Slide Current as of March 2009 Internet Citation: Slide 1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR): Presentation, National Healthcare Quality Report, 2008. March 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqr08/slides/qr08slide1.html